Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

 

• Permanent good can never be the outcome of untruth and violence.
• First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
• As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.
• The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.
• You must be the change you want to see in the world.
• Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.
• One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds.
• I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil itdoes is permanent.
•  “Let the first act of every morning be to make the following resolve for the day:
• - I shall not fear anyone on Earth.
• - I shall fear only God.
• - I shall not bear ill will toward anyone.
• - I shall not submit to injustice from anyone.
• - I shall conquer untruth by truth. And in resisting untruth, I shall put up with all suffering.”
• Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.
• The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. 
•  “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” 
•   “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” 
•  “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” 
•  “First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win.” 
•  “Where there is love there is life.” 
• “You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.”
• “Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.”
• “What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or in the holy name of liberty or democracy?”
• “Truth never damages a cause that is just.”
• “Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn.”
• “To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.”
• “There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.”
• “It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.”
• “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.”
• “It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.”
• “Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love.”
• “I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.”
• “You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.”
• “You may never know what results come of your actions, but if you do nothing, there will be no results.”
• “Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”
• “Love is the strongest force the world possesses and yet it is the humblest imaginable.”
• “Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior. Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny.”
• “There is more to life than simply increasing its speed.” 

• “Action expresses priorities.”
• “My Life is My Message”
• “There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever. ”
• “I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings.”
• “You don't know who is important to you until you actually lose them.”
• “What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.”
• “Truth is one, paths are many.”
• “It's the action, not the fruit of the action, that's important. You have to do the right thing. It may not be in your power, may not be in your time, that there'll be any fruit. But that doesn't mean you stop doing the right thing. You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result.”